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Minneapolis, Minnesota – Brian Gregg and Rebecca Dussault gave CXC Team Vertical Limit a second consecutive day on top of the podium. Dussault repeated continued her winning ways, skiing to a convincing 17 second win in the women’s 10km classic. Gregg, 2nd in yesterday’s freestyle race, took the victory in the 15km classic, edging Martin Banerud by five seconds. Bryan Cook (CXC Team Vertical Limit) matched his place from yesterday, taking the final podium spot,...
CXC Team Vertical Limit skier Matt Liebsch was able to take a few minutes between his racing and putting his kids down for bed to answer a few questions for the FasterSkier audience after winning yesterdays SuperTour in Minnesota. It sounds like the conditions were pretty sloppy out there with all of the warm and wet weather. Can you tell us a bit about the conditions; how did the weather effect things, how the trails...
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With the two sprint competitions in Antholz, Italy coming to an end, ended for the bigger part of the US team. Only Haley Johnson and Tim Burke managed to qualify for tomorrow’s pursuit competition. For the coaches this kind of a result is nothing to worry about after three hard weeks of racing . “With the Olympic trials at the beginning of January and the hard weeks since then, the team definitively needs some rest....
Today was the final day of the camp at SMS. The group still has a pre-race and technique practice at Grafton Ponds Saturday and then Poppet will be their coach for the BKL race there on Sunday.br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGraceful...
CANMORE, Alta.—Canada will send one of its most talented teams of cross-country skiers to the start line with a focus on contributing to the nation’s medal count at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Cross Country Canada announced during a media conference on Friday. The national body for cross-country skiing nominated a historic lineup of five women and six men to the Canadian Olympic Committee that will don the maple leaf race suit next month at...
Magdalena Neuner (GER) won her second race of the week in Antholz, Italy, overcoming a single miss to claim victory in the 7.5km sprint. Neuner has been able to overcome poor shooting with her dominating skiing in recent weeks, but today she was solid on the range, and ended the day with a 13.2 second victory over teammate Andrea Henkel. Sandrine Bailly (FRA) took 3rd, 28.6 seconds back. Both Henkel and Bailly shot clean. “I...
If you have always dreamed of scoring World Cup points, all you have to do is show up in Rybinsk, Russia, with the blessing of your National Ski Federation, and complete a race. Only 25 women and 29 men are scheduled to start tomorrow’s pursuit, guaranteeing all finishers World Cup points. Despite the small fields, several top skiers are present. Justyna Kowalczyk (POL), the women’s overall World Cup leader will race, as will the top...
Boulder Nordic Sport staff Zach Caldwell, Amy Caldwell and Nathan Schultz will be doing race service work at the Olympics in February, and so BNS will suspend customer grinding operations from February 14-28th. The deadline for skis to arrive in the shop for the last pre-olympic batch is Monday, February 8th. All skis that arrive on Monday, Feb 8 or before will be shipped Feb 15. All skis that arrive in the shop between Feb...
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – The U.S. Olympic Committee Friday bestowed its highest honors on three U.S. Ski Team athletes on the eve of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) was named the 2009 USOC SportsWoman of the Year, nordic combined skier Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) was honored as SportsMan of the Year and monoskier Stephani Victor (Park City, UT) earned Paralympic SportsWoman of the Year. “Today we...
I am still on the “getting over sickness” training plan, so this morning my only mission was to watch the Trinity and SBTC rowers race in the famous “Trinitasaloppett” ski race. It was a gorgeous morning, with perfect conditions. Unfortunately I did not get any video of eventual winner John Winters, but I did get [...]
LONG LAKE, Minnesota – Triac. The pole is set to arrive February 1 and demand is expected to be high. The SWIX Triac is the same pole top athletes have been using on the Nordic World Cup and will also be used by athletes at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA. With the Triac will take their skiing to a new level. Gear West has established a waiting list for the...
After Nationals, I quickly packed up my little nursery at Elinor’s, totally filling my car, and drove to Dartmouth. I had already missed a week of classes but it was too late to dwell on that. I had a busy part of a week back at school that was filled with finding professors okay with [...]
Stay in our Village Hotel “The Bulldog Hotel” and enjoy World Class Nordic skiing from only CDN $60 per person per day. Package includes standard hotel room and Nordic day pass. Valid Mid-week from January 3 to February 4, 2010. 2 night, 2 day minimum. Price is per person per day, midweek Sunday to Thursday. Taxes additional, based on double occupancy, subject to availability and new bookings only. Offer open to residents of Canada and...
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This is the first time a US Biathlete has ever won Athlete of the Month. Said Max Cobb, US Biathlon Executive Director and he IBU Technical Delegate at the Antholz World Cup, “It is another great honor for us; another milestone for our program and Tim.” COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The U.S. Olympic Committee announced cyclist Sarah Hammer and biathlete Tim Burke as its December Athletes of the Month, while ice dancers Meryl Davis and...